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/14 ~' Z 14-; ~~-= ~~~ fre-ezz- EMIGRATION. AnMiltAVlTlOrttet, Ardl ti, I tt6. THE Lords l Oommissioners of the Admiralty hav ing cause, an accurate Survey of the SHOALS called the lE MAII and r ../WER to be made, this is to give notice that the said Survey r orovte that the position of these Shoals has b e en hi therto moat, erroneously laid down, and as it is of great import ance to ale navigation of the North Sea that its real position e lnuld• i nt generally known, a Lithographic Chart of the Shoals, ' twit)]. all accompanying book of remarks, has been printed at the .1114 oiralty-Office, and may be had of the Chartsellers. Prices aka Chart One Shilling, for the Remarks Sixpence. J. W. CROKER. VICTUALLING OFFICE, JULY 5, 1826. rrliE Commissi oners f or Vi c t ua lli ng His Majesty's .L. Navy, kc. do hereby give notice, that on 'AMWAY, the 12th of September next, they will be ready to receive Tenders i n wilting (sealed up), and treat for the Supply, on separate Contracts, o',' such quantities of IRISH BEEF and PORK, as altly be dratandeti for the use of his Majesty's Troops at 'Likelier, Grenada, Antigua, , . Tobago, Barbadoes, Trinidad, ,B ei .hi c „ , ~, , St. Lucia, Dominica, , St. Kitta, and Demerara, St. Vincent. For Twelve wouths certain from the 24th of June, 1827, the aggregate amount of which is estimated at about 4,500 Tierces of Beef, awl 4,500 Tierces of Pork. The conditions of the Contracts may he seen at this Office, or by applying to Mr. J. W. Aunstereille, Agent, for the Victualling at Cork. Each Tender must specify the price in words at length, and be delivered to the Board before One &Clock on the day ap pointed; and must he accompanied by a letter signed by two re sponsible Persons engaging to become bound With the Party ten dering, iu the penal sum of one-third of the'amount of the Con tract for the due pet•fvrmance of the same. The . Person who makes the Tender, or some Pe:son on his :behalf, must attend to answer when railed for. M. WALLER CLIFTON. VICTUALLING OFFICE, JULY S, 1926. rill HE Commissioners f or Vi o t ua lli ng hi s M a j es t y ' s AL Navy, &c. do hereby give Notice, that on Tnesnay, the 96th of 'September next, they will be ready to receive Tenders in writing (sealed up), and treat for the Supply to this Depart ment of a quantity of Irish Salt Meat, equal to 4,000 Navy Tierces of BEEF, and 6,000 Navy Tierces of PORK, all to he cured in the ensuing season, and to he delivered tour-fifth parts thereof in Tierces, and the remaining fifth part in Barrels, into hie Majesty's Victualling Stores at Deptford, Portsmouth, and Plymouth, in such proportions as shall hereafter he required, ewe-half thereof on or before the 28th day of February, and the 'other half on or before the 31st day of May, 1627. In the event, however, of the Board not accepting any of the Tenders which they may receive on the 12th of September, (in pursuance of another Advertisement of this date), for the supply of. Salt Meat at Gibraltar and the West India Ldands and Colo flies, the further quantities of 4,500 Tierces of Beef, and 4,500 Tierces of Pork, will he required for delivery at Deptford, and in that cads niay be tendered for on the 26th, with the quantities a bove -mentioned. The whole to be paid for as usual by Bills without Interest, payable at 60 days after date. The conditions of the Contracts may be seen at this Office, or by aPPlying to Mr. J. W. Dmisterville, Agent for the Victualling at Cork ; to the Collectors of his Majesty's Customs at Limerick, /WUhat, Newry, and Waterford; and to the Secretary to the I tmatter-General at Dublin, respectively. No Tender for a lees quantity than shall be equal to Three Hundred Tierces of Beef, or Three Hundred Tierces of Pork, Will be admitted ; • and each Tender must specify the Price in words at length, and be delivered to the Board before One o'Clock on the day appointed, and must be Accompanied by a letter signed by two responsible persons, engaging to become hound with the party tendering, in the penal sum of one-third of the amount of the Contract, for the due performance of the same. The. person who makes the Tender, or some person on his be half, Must attend, to answer when called for. M. WALLER CLIFTON. AGRICULTURE. - Thit day an•published, handsomely printed in demy Bvo. price 6s. boards, `TESTIMONIES 'in favour of 'SALT as a MANURE, and a CONDIMENT for HORSE, COW; and StIEEPTESTIMONIES of its vast importance ARTS, in AIANUFACTURES, and in the FISHERIES, aecom. Planed by TESTIMONIES in favour of AGRICULTURE. By the REV. B. DAUM, A.L.S. Landon: published by Longman, Rees, Orme, Browne, and t, Paternoster-row. ‘4OPERIOR 'LANDED INVESTMENT. rllO BE SOLD BY PRIVATE CONTRACT, in whole, or in part, an ESTATE in the :County of Lin coln, comprising 1500 Acres, of exceedingly productive Arable and Pasture LAND, in a high state of cultivation let on leases, 'of which nearly seven years are unexpired, to highly respectable Tenants, "at very moderate Rents, amounting to upwards of 3 ,800/. per annum; paid in London with the greatest punctuality, 'free. from any deductions. The Estate is free of Tythe, is die, tent about nine miles from Boston, with which it rommunicatea by Water carriage, and presents a singularly eligible opportunity for investment. For particulars, apply (if by letter, post-paid) to Thomas Bartrum, Solicitor, No. 9, St. Mildred's-court, Poultry. In A BINET-M AK ERS' SOCIETY;-- CHEAP -CABINET and UPHOLSTERY, at the LON GNREPOSITORY for the CABINET - MAKERS' SO IETY, being the only real one now existing in 'London, No. corner o f LEADENHALL-STREET, opposite Aldgate Pm and which h as b e e n es t a bli s hed upwards of Six years. 'Asady Money, and no Abatement. T he Trustees and Committee respectfully inform the Nobility ~ t ae mtrYs that they still conduct the above Establishment for large he Benefit of f industrious and ingenious Mechanics (who have Cahn fa of by offer i ng their Manufactured Articles in the it tet o „ - 4 sc of the best workmanship, and cheaper than by any t h e -- " ni oudon, no other profit being required than to tratisfy . o „„Z al. disuse rent and incidental expences ; being Satisfied with ' tch.`rir employment to enable them to support their families, 11.1"nbtr .0f whom appear by the Books of the hist Quarterly 44:ting to be .148. From the great patronage the Committee r eceived, th e y are in hopes of increasing that number. The following is a waive fed • Pt S c . an of the Low Priers' asked ; all stlis. d. feet -Mithlogan7Bedstead, four-post 4 10 0 Teat ditto 'Bordered Matttsma to fit 1 6 0 'Mahogany, Drirwerkwith suli - d ends - 11 0 Eight Mahogany 3 5 0 Chairs ' 6 10 0 Mah ogany P em b roke Table Feather B e d f ree from dust anti smell. 20 0 from x 2 12 oto Drawing- roo m Sofa. from .15 -8 8 0 Sofa Bedstead 0 t. 7 7 0 Mahogany Horse-Hair Sofa 6 8 10 8 0 0 upwards A qtmntity of Paper Hangings for Bid, ni n i n ,, a rooms, at nearly Half-price. Tits Trade will-Cid) iattw-Dorrtahwtilait 'attention. 'Houses Furnished at a few days' notice, and A part s fade hours..--Goods packed f ree o f expenos except the matti in ng a COMM nrit. g. T. Corder IJ. Wilson fJ. Cart er T. Raider J. Unett IW. Wag s TRtIRNELL, Agent. J. HASLER, Secret e ,- - (SUTLER S FLUID If.X OF SARSAPARILLA. Preparation are concentrated ail the Medicinal ProPtilies Sarsaparilla Runt, t vca to Pttfvct s„t„ rat i mi of the iNlritstrmi t with which it is pre. ;Pitted. To „ Jo , r cr ,„„b,, iherOort, tvlo, from vitriol's causes, .rttiltt e'xpe r i ppcx it would prepare the. Ovcoci inn, the. Floid 4441. . which irossesses the adrantages or pOrtability, and of b eeliilig , in any c li ma t e , will be found a must dein ablc r. l 4n e tle of employing this Inlich•rstermed Mcdirilue. whirl' it has heueacial iplthose of th e Shill, such a+ S C WIXtitiC op i hisrases, Secondary Symptoms, Arc. arising from a 'lit to it 3 tare of the. System at Wm.. It is talteri in Water qu{jing itut th e ;ma y stieugili as the I)ecucti n u. , ifs ri m 6 4 , 4 at 7 4, tithi and 24*. by B u tl ers, :, 1 1 1 4 , 4, Lttedpside, cot tiro of Si. l'ittirs, Sack. SAveouldiii; a ti.l 7,i, Prilicw..street, Edinburgh; 14 4 ,7,Y 4 ° ll (-`O. I :Pi, New Bond-street, and 220, Regent. 4.. 4 IIY !Ile principal I)riugists tin iiiighuut Ol t United Of "!" may be had Rl ' CITRATKI) Kilt& a lutim 79,4 p -" nutkiisis rmlinfatqldta by 19fes-i • ill tt,,too, or. na:conr c niemee and critniory. In Bottles, *MO,. 86 till. • 14 b s t . "llutler's . Fluid Extract of Sartapaiilla." • ( No. 10,596. THE ARMY. (CincvLau.) Horse Gouda, Aug. 24. Sts—l hove the honour to forward to you, by the Commander in-Chief's command, the accompanying memorandum, showing the manner in which it has been thought desirable to exercise the Recruit in the use of the Club, and I am at the same time to ac quaint you, that six pairs of those clubs will be supplied at the public expenct by the Board of Ordnance, and issued on the usual requisition for the use of the Depot under your command. You will he pleased . to take the earliest opportunity of carrying the new exercise into effect, and enforce it strictly on all occasions. 1 haiv the honour to be, Sir, Your moot obedient hUmble servant, IL TORRENS, ,Adjutant-General. Officer Commanding. MENfORANDUNI. It it desirable that the Recruit should be practised in the use of the clubs, together with the extension motions, for at least half an hour every !corning- before drill, until he is perfectly suppled,, and fixed in the true position of a soldier, as directed, section Ist, part Ist, Fish Exercise and Evolutions. The. recruit being placed in, the position of attention, with a slob in each hand, pointing downwards, must be exercised as follows :-- FIAST PAkT. 1. At the word one, the club in the right hand is slowly car ried round the head, until the hand arrives in a perpendieuler line above the shoulder, with the large end of the club pointing in a diagonal direction to the rear. 2. ,The dub in the left hand is raised in a similar manner, and carried over that in the right hand, till it reaches a corresponding position ! _ 8. The hands are carried slowly to the right and left, until they becomein a true horizontal line with the shoulders, the large end of the dubs still remaining to the rear. 4. The hands are brought slowly to the first position. Care must be taken that the recruit does not stand with a hollow back during this and the succeeding practice. SICOND 'PART. I. Raise both hands to the front, approaching them close to gether, in a horizontal line with the shoulder* ; the clubs being held perpendicular, with the large ends upwards. • 2. With the body well poised forward, separate the bands, and carry them to' the right and left in line with the shouldere; the large end of the dubs still remaining upwarde, 3. With the head well kept up, let the clubs turn over till they point in a diagonal direction to the rear, the hands still re maining out in line with the shoulder*., 4. With the arms extended, drop them slowly to the first po sition. THIRD PART. I. The dub in the right hand is Circled round upon the right of the body for a few revolutions of the circle, or until the word belt is given. 2. fhe one in the left hand is used in the SAM manner on the left of the body, until the word halt is given, when the recruit will remain perfectly steady the first petition. S. With the body rather leaning forward, circle both clubs at the same time, on the right and left of the body, until ordered to halt. The club exercise should be intermixed with the firelock drill, particularly in cold weather. H. TORRENS, A. G. PORT/13100TR, Aro. 26.—A detachment of the Slat Regiment embarked on' Thursday, on board the John .DaVord, for Halifax. This Chip sailed yevterday morning. The yearly inspection of the Portsmouth . Division of 'Royal Marines, commanded by Colonel Moncrieffe, and Royal Marine Artillery, coraniarided by Lieutenant. Colonel Sir Richard Wil liams, K.C.B. took place on Monday and Tuesday, on South, sea Common, by Major-General Campbell, Deputy Adjutant:: Chnrral. • • EAST INDIA SHIPPING. Arrived the Southworth, front the Mauritius, at Portsmouth, sailed from the Illtattrititts 17th April, and the Cape the Sd June. PA fi CV, NG RAS eta SOUTH viorntr.h....Major Barrington, Capt. Palmer, and Lieut. Grey, of his Majesty's 56th 'Regiment ; Capt. Ford, of his Majesty's Royal Artillery: Lieut. Caldwell, of his Majesty's 99th Regiment; Dr. Cameron, Royal Navy ; Mr. C. Moore ; 70 soldiers of his Majesty's 56th Regiment, nine women; and eight childrep. The Java, rtutyt frigate, 36 guns, Anamalt, from Batavia, arj, rived off Dover, sailed from Batavia 29th March, and from Bt. Helena 25th June. The Bouthworth experienced a heavy gale of wind off the Cape, from the N.W., Which continued from the 4th to the Bth of June. .ARRIVALS AT THIL CArE.--The Barham, Collieott, from London; the Olive Branch, Anderson, and the Julia, Lanes from London. • CAM or (loon 'Hors.—The Coventry, Purdie, was heaving down the Castle Forbes, and attending the repairs; the Colum bine, Brown, was to tail from the Cape for London, the Bth June. ARRIVAL* AT TIM CArs.--His Majesty's ship Sparrowhawk• Polkinthorne, from Plymouth, on the 24th May; John Barry, Roach, from London, the 25th ; Barbara,' Collicott, from ditto, the 29th ; Olive Brandi, Anderson, from ditto, the 31st. SAILING FROM TPIle CAtz.--The John Barry, Roach, for New South Wales, the 29th May. , SAILING* iRGAI ST. HitLExa.—The Harriett, Palmer, ror tne Cape, the Bth June ; Coquettr, Spencer, for London, the 20th June; George Hume, iiippins, for ditto, the 21111 June. CHESS. On Thursday last, the Philidorian Match was played at Bath,' by Mr. Keen, of the Middle Temple, against Mr.. Manners and' Mr. Moline, of Bath. Mr. Keen played two Naples at the same time, one without the seeing the board, against Mr. Manners,' and 'another—giving the odds of the pawn, and two mime, against Mr. Moline. . Re won the game played without seeing the board in'twenty-sit moves. The tune at 'the odds of the. pawn an d two moves, was drawn. ROWING On Friday the Grandof .. .. Match vo ... p . l the River, for a prise The following were thetern t.... 2 Nimes. Colours. Richd. Westwood L i g h t m in , John Goatley F. Hill . , } Yellow W. Nottkon F. Marlow Green James Castle I G: Colf . Charles Weattiond 1 Red c. , ern) Westminster Bridge, row round a The fi rs t h eat to start - - the Surrey shore , round boat moored off the Red House, d o wnh of , weetminster Bridge. the beiwon, and through the centre arc The Match commenced soon after four cl ock. , , Thathree first boata of this hest were to star o t . fn oc r k. the e ,r ec h o e nd t . hret running boats 'were yellow, red and brown. were to start from In the second heat the three winning boats Law , c e ttag e , 41Vonwitaxhith.11-bsrtildertey, s r ho riW re, vound a boat moored nn : .- - House and through tile centre arch of Batterisea-bridge. ever aeon o t o oneaf the finest specimens of rowing round afloat ' antic the re on the river. The, men were very close together , unt Westwood turn from The, moored ' of]' 'the Red and Golf got considerably a-head and appeared to laugh at ta iv*, r i l ed.' by Mr. Barinnett, the 'Banker, opponents. The ained the ge to the Red , House. wh l e l i h l g is b t e4 t t h a ti f : prism with perfect ease, an - bbshed the limey: hich This Westwood had acquired. amount were depending. Notilton and . Hill were second, and there never' was a moreintereating contention. 'ManY had betted nn 'Noulton, but Westwood and ' his coitnPa nitm carried every thing befor e th ew , A vast deal of company shinnied' to l ee thi s wager, and in con sequence of theta. hour , at which it wee decid e d, many encoun tered the limy of the'storm which raged that n i g h t w i t h po much violent*. Female,' were completely drenched, and t h e darkness, WO art , greid, ted to many seriOtts, accidents. The wend boat gained three guineas, and the third boat two. and hots to solge:rt,cht. MATCH. between the picked Wattrmen ineas, was rowed in two heats. . , Nantes. Colours. W. Farson i A. riallAra Brown . jatnes Covington / Whit e .T. Vokins • Thomas Dodd I. George Jones Purple MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 28, 182-6-. The LIFE of BENJAMIN FRANXLIN. London, Itmo. m). 407. Of all those strong minds whom the spirit-stirring movements of the American Revolution shook up into action, D oc t or F ranklin ' s was decidedly the most prominent and energet i c. He i t was w h o fi rs t rouse d, the dormant vigour of his countrymen ; them the multiplicity taught, and strength nal resources ; shamed the coWard, confirmed the cou .of their own inter rageous, and by the irresistible force of his own ex-: ample, seconded by the domestic diplomacy of Adams, and the arms of Washington, succeeded in establishing the independence of America. All this he effected by the mere force of mind, for neither to birth or for turne was he indebted for any of those advantages which are usually deemed requisite to smuts success in life. flis father was a tallow chandler in Boston, who from the pressure of circumstances was compelled..to 'migrate from England in 1882, where he brought up a numerous family of sons, of whom Benjamin, the subject of this Memoir, was the third. In early youth he worked at his father's business; but having soon taken an invincible dislike to it, he was ap prenticed to his brother, a printer, in Boston, by whom his talents were for a while appreciated, 'and afterwards discouraged from a mean but too na tural jealousy. The origin of this dislike was as fol lows ; a paper had been established in Boston of which the elder Franklin was proprietor, and to which Benjamin had rendered himself so serviceable as a con tributor that his brother was unable to do without liim ; as, however, he was. himself a writer for it, his vanity was piqued at the idea of being excelled by a younger brother, and he accordingly. after few pre fatory quarre i ls, abruptly dismissed him from his em- Ploy. Instead of returning home, where the y oung man, as h e sa y s i n hi s j ourna l, " deemed himself dis graced"—though why or wherefore none but himself can tell—h e instantly on quitting his brother started or 'alone for Philadelphia, whither r after many:difficul ties and privations he arrived. In' this town he en dured the usual sufferings consequent on starvin ob scurity, till i n a t it o f desperate impudence"' he presented himself at the Printing Office of one Keimer ; spoke vauntingly of his own superior qualifications, and concluded: by proposing an engagement, which after some hours acute cross-examination by the printer, Was accepted. .He remained in Keimer's employ for upwards of six months, when from some disagreeMent not very accurately explained in. his memoirs, he left .him to return to Boston, from which town he shortly afterwards sailed on a visit of spe culation to England. Of his habits and em ployments here he does not ftilly speak enough; how. ever, may be gleaned from his Memoirs to prove that he again engaged himself to a Printer in Queensetreet i Lincoln's-inn-fields, where lie contrived to pickup' an acquaintance with the once notorious alph, an author whom Pope has " d—d to immortality," in his Dun ciad. This intimacy rendered him for a time somes what, dissipated; the mind, however, of such a man as Franklin was not to he altogether melted in the furnace of profligacy, and accordingly we find him in the course of a few years resuming his natural propen sities to study ; which soon settled down into a con firmed love for mechanics and natural philosophy. Poverty, however, notivithstanding a severe system of economy he had adopted, still cramped .his energies, and it was not till after his return to America, that he began to be distinguished as a public character. Mean while the inhabitants of Philadelphia had not forgotten him during his absence ; gleams . . of that penetrating judgment, whi c h a ft erwar d s ena bl e d .him to hurl the thunder of 'America on the mother country, and which shone forth occasionally among the mists of an unformed intellect, had won their respect and affection, So that he found himself, as he says, on his return, " no hopeless wanderer come back ; but a citizen re turned in honour." He remained at Philadelphia in the capacity Of printev and publisher for upwards of twenty years, now.and then v i s iti n g the home of his family'at Boston, and 'sometimes even extending 'his visits 'to Europe, till a remarkable discovery which he made with:respect to electricity and animal magnetism, placed him at of at the head of all modern philoso phers, andintroduced him to the society and patronage , of the first rate E uro p ean lit era ti. It was `about this time that the memorable quarrel between Boston and England—respecting some additional duties on tea, with which the latter resolved to tax the colonies, took place ; and as the disagreement, so far from sub siding, seemed to,gather strength in proportion to its duration, Doctor Franklin was dispatched by the United States to England, nominally to implore her compassion, but in reality to enquire into her resources and capacity for wari Here he was received with the respect due to his celebrity : Doctors Priestly and Price sought his acquaintance as an honour ; and the Univeriity of Oxford, nobly disdainful of all party prejudices, conferred on him the degree of Doc tor of Civil Laws. By the politicians of the day, par ticularly Lord Chatham and his connexion, he was re ceived with - equal courtesy, but unfortunittelY a 'strong hostility prevailed against America in the Cabinet, so that notwithstanding the prophetic fulminations of Lord Chatham, a war with the Colonies was resolved on ; and Franklin, finding all further intercession use less; prepared for his departure to Paris, in o r d er t o solicit' the good offices of Gosiernment in behalf of his insulted country. It into this -Perind of hislife that the observant reader of Flll4llO R. Memoirs will turn with the greatest eatisfection. He will there find (lit fieulties almost unprecedented,' prejudices' more than usually violent, a ll s l o wly but surely sapp e d, un d er . mined,, and finally overcome, by the resistless powers of overturn' all the an acute, persevering, and commanding intellect. When Franklin entered Paris, he entered it . an ohs he quitt e d it a triumphant conqueror. He scare p h r at e l j '11(1°11 reb el ,et 8 by one, centuries ta c° . e l re rt v e arn e acidd in favor of legiti s ie macy ; to procure loans for a rebellious country in a s t a te literally of insolv ency ;to throw rrebelli o n a ll the halo and the splendour offreeilomonid 'in short by hi s own unassisted eneriss, to _carry with hi m t h e opinions of a mighty and absolute monarchy. All •I' - ‘ I i ... • ~.,,, ~ ..., - , V:4 ''',.. ••.' ' ' • ffli a. I - * IPA f•i , .' 4 4 , . 6:, .•:' , ' . ' l :' e •emiS CJ. tr ~,,, ,: • , r!` It , -, 3'4 ♦ . a e ~...--,,.., 1- ~,, - , r'"'.o * "* ,- ''' ' s c) S ' ' l ' ' '''' ' Illgi (' • - j ' : ' S ' 't. 3 iroir. 1 - ". . P t•i• fr a k '`", , P., . 11211 1 4 , A , . 4 , ) ,-.., -.. 4 .,1. wi !....... I.'? 1 „ , j AW,I` . • 4 . '') ' , IV , 1 ' tr.Piti 41 ' . • ,' 1 -' '''' ' ' ' 4..) • ft. - -4-.. , ...:: t LA -, H'!:4 ' -. PRICE Ii) this and more Franklin alone effected. He it was who put the sword into the hand of Washington, which that hero so ably wielded ; who gave a tuni to the diplomacy of Adams; drew up the celebrated de claration of freedom, and declared the New World for ever independent of the Old. It is true, that he had coadjutors in this.glorious undertaking, but they were all more or less agents, wielded by the same master spirit, and governed solely by his directions. After having thus lived to see the unqualified independence of)America, and having gained a large private fortune by his own personal exertion, this celebrated states man and philosopher, whom two worlds equally vent rate, died on the 17th of Ap r il, 1790, at, the advanced age of 82. In analyzing the character of Franklin, we shall find, that it was formed on an axiom, embraced in ' early life—the doctrine of utility. To proinote this the whole energies of a superior mind, were exclusively directed. He had no fancy—no taste—no imagina tion—little acquaintance with general literature—he was solely in their narrowest senses, a philosopher and a statesman. He was, however, admirably fitted to his times ; times, when an acute knowledge of the world, unfettered by the elegancies of literature, were the sole things requisite (at least through out an infant country like America), to in sure a decided supremacy. In his habits Frank lin was economical—even to meanness--in his judgment of men and motives severe to bigotry— in his family cold and unforgiving—in his person--but perhaps the following description of him, as he appeared at the Thuilleries before Louis XVII. may present a more interesting picture than any we can presume to sketch. " Messrs. Deane and Franklin, deputies from the insurgents in 1777, lived at Paris without retinue, without splendour, and without ostentation ; they showed a citizen.like plainness. Dr. Franklin was very much sought after, and constantly entertained, but by all who could p ersua d e h no im t o t n o ly vis by it h th is e acie ur; u f ti o fi r c h b e ret did hren t;cit easily suffer himself to be drawn out, and, lived in & state of privacy, which was supposed to have been enjoined him by hie government. He dressed him self in the very plainest manner. His physiognomy was tine, and he constantly wore spectacles: he had but little Bair, and alWays wore. a fur cap, no powder; an air of cleanliness, linen petetly white, and a brown coat, formed the whole eutward ornament of his penson. His only weapon was a stick, which' he carried in his hand. Powerfully solicited braise Deane and Franklin, the court of France began to take an -interest in insurgent America. Beaumarchais, who intrigued with the Count de Maurepas, knew how to profit by circumstances. He was privately authorised to trade in arms with the English colonies. They were partly in debted for the unexpected advantage of the warlike itorte neces. eery for their first campaign, to the influence and activity of that agent. Beaumarchais gained immense sums by wiling them, at a dear rate, his zeal and services, and laughed at the accusation, whether well or ill founded, of having sold them worn-out arms and the worst stores of all kinds. Mr. Deane, tired out by the delays and even elm. of M. de Sartine, then minister of the marine, wrote to hi hat unless within forty-eight hours he made up his mind to get the treaty of alliance between France and America signed, be would negociate with England for a re, conciliation. He adopted this hasty and irregular course Without the participation of' his colleague. The moment Dr. Franklin heard of it, he thought all was lost. You have offended the court of Prince ) and ruined America,' exclaimed the philoiopher. Be easy till wit gee an.-arkiwor,' replied the' negotiator. An answer ! we shall be :thrown into the Bastile." That remains to he seen.' Afterahe lepers of a few how's M. de Sartine'e thief secretary made hitappearance. ' Yon are repteated, gentlemen, to hold yourselves in readiness for an interview ; at midnight you will be called for.' At midnight !' crier Dr. Franklin, the mo ment the secretary is gone : my prediction is verified ! Mr. Deane, you have ruined all.' 'they were of course sent for at tho appointed hour. The American envoys got into a carriage; and reached a country house of M. de Sartine, five miles from Paris, where he chose to receive them, the better to hide this step under the veil of mystery. They were introduced to the minister; and the declaration so imperiously demanded by Mr. Deane was in stantly signed. The American deputies returned to Paris in triumph, and. Franklin confessed that in politica patience was not always the only thing to be relied on." Before we conclude this brief sketch, we will just say a few words on the sty le of the book bef ore us . I t is written throughout wit great elegance and spirit; and though evidently with a leaning towards the re publicanism of Franklin, is on the whole -liberal, and we donbt not, faithful. In short the Biographer is' just such a one as Franklin, deserves to possesi. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS. LONDON DIARY, WZDWitilit&Y, AUOUST 30. (At the Court of Commissioners.) A. Corrie, Wellingborough, lace-dialer s special affairs E. Gander, Bedford-pl ace , C ommer cial-road, brasier 1 J. A. ,Gilbert, George-lane, .Sotolph-lans, merchant T. M'Kinnon, Wapping, High-street, oilman C. Nancolas, Totbill.street, Westminster, cheesemonger ll Thomas and Gilbert, Exeter, linen-drapeis . . . COUNTRY DIARY, Aus. SO. et. Allen and Smith, Alcester, at the Swan. 'Warwick at 12 T. Chandler, ,Bristol--Commercial-rooms, Bristol 1 J. Corbett, Birmingham—Royal Hotel, Birmingham l2 H. Coward, Preston, Northumberland—George, Newcastle upon-Tyne... 1 I J. and W. B. Dobson, Iludderanald—George, Huddersfield 10 B. Dryden, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—George, Newcastle ll G. Ellis, Kexbrough, Yorkshire—Beaumont Arms, Bretton 11 P. Garonimo,Bristol—Royal Hotel, Birmingham 2 M. Hallett, Devonport--Hotel, Ilevonport. , — B. and M. Harri;on, .Bright;ide, Stieffield—Tontine Inn, _ Sheffield , 11 Hodson and Shepherd, Liverpool.—George, I.iverpool ll T. and W. Jackson, Liverpool—George, Liverpool ........, 11 W. Lawton, Britustage, -Cheshire—George, Liverpool C. Mann, ,Birroirsgbatni—Wardell's hotel, 13irrninghiun lg S. J. J. and W. lifidgley, A Iniondbury—George, Huddersfield 9 W. Moody, Leeds—Court HOU INN Leeds ' 10 B. Owen, Warrington—Cworge, Liverpool A. Stools:, Wigan and West Derbp—George, Liverpool J., W.,,Swift, Liverpool..4leorge; Liverpool l2 T. Wehb, New Sitrunt-Whiteliart, New Saturn VI. Webb, Bradley, York-i-Sessions House, Wakefield S Dr. Mounsey, or Chelsea 4 college, was not upon the best terms with his wife, and to pass the tune, they often amused themselves in quarrelling — not 9111133 in cold weather, as it is found to sa v e coa l s. _ One Sunday the Doctor walked to Fulham, - w h et he vvas engaged to dinner ; but, in the evening, there was a thunder -storm, with a continued torrent of • rain. No sort, of carnage was to be .had but t a o Crehtieirseisi! hear se, h orm w i i l e a l vi i n il ; at engagedlngt liabti(t)edg,° th e l a dy was at the window when the hear se d to, the door. " What do you mean ?,, al rove up the coachman. " I have brought the D le said to dam." " Thank God !" was the reply (iet°r) Ma as he' should he. The Doctor, shaving -; ‘'llow out, lieis finding himself upon his legs, shook a nd ' kind half, with this retort, " s long to plague you, I hope !" ou jed ' e, shall' 1 1 """ UPON WHICH LAND IS ONANTND TO SITTLZIOt IN ATIW ouru WALIVI AND VAN pIIMAN'S For the information of persons proceeding to New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land, as settlers, it has been deemed expedient to prepare the following summary of the Rules which his Majesty's Government have thought fit to lay down for regulating the Grants of Land in those Colonies:— 1. A division of the whole territory into Counties, Hundreds, and Parishes, is in progress. When that divi sion shall be completed, each parish will comprise an area of about twenty-five miles; a valuatio n will be made of the lands throughout the Colony, and an avenge price will be struck for each parish. 2. AU the lands in the. Colony not hithert o grante d , and not appropriated forpublic purposes, will be p u t up to sale at the average price thus fixed. 3. All persons proposing to purchase lands . must •trans mit a written application to the Governor, in a certain prescribed form, which will be delivered at*the Surveyor General's Office, to all parties applying, on payment of a fee of two shillings and sixpence. 4.. All correspondence with the local Government, re specting grants of land, must take place through the same office. S. The purchase money is to be paid by;four quarterly instalments. A discount of ten per cent. will be_allowed for ready !money payments. 6. On payment of the money, a grant will be made in fee simple to the purchaser, at the nominal quit rent of a pepper corn. 7. The largest quantity of land which will be sold to any individual, is 9,600 acres. The landa generally be put up to sale in lots of three square miles, or l o 9io acres. Persons wishing to make more extensive pur chases, must. apply to ,the Secretary of State, ln writing, with full explanations of their objects and means. S. Any purchaser who, within ten years after hip pur chase, shall, by ,the employment and maintenance of con victs, have relieved the public from a charge equal to ten times the amount of the purchase money, will have the purchase money returned, but without interest, It will be Computed that for each convict employed, ,erid .wholly Maintained by the purchaser for twelve months,. 161. have been saved to the public. • 9, Lands may also be obtained, without immediate por ches!, but upon different conditions. . . 10. Persons desirous to become grantees without im mediate purchase, will make their application to the Go mernor, m Wrjting, in a prescribed form, copies. of which are to be attained at the Surveyor-General's Office, on payment of two shillings and sixpence. 41. The largest grant that will be made to any fresh settler, without purchase, is 2,560 acres. The smallest, 320 acres. 12. 'No grant is to be made to any person without im mediate purchase, unless the Governor is satisfied that the grantee has the power of expending, in the cultivation of the lands, a capital equal to half their estimated value. 13. A quit rent of live per cent. per annum upon the value of each grant of land, as estimated in the survey, will be levied upon all such grants ; but such .quit rent will not commence to be levied until the expiration of the first seven years next suCceeding the issue of such grant. At the expiration of tile above mentioned seven yowl, the grantee . will become possessed, in fee-simple, of the grant, subject to the payment of quit rent—or be will be entitled to redeem such quit rent, if he prefer that alternative. 14, The quit rent will always "be redeemable at '2O years' purchase; the power of such redemption commen cing at the termination of the first seven years, when such quit rent is first levied. 15. Every grantee without purchase must, at the expi ration of the before-Mentioned term of seven years, prove to the satisfaction of the Sprveyor General that he has expended, in the cultivation and improvement ofhis land, a capital equal to half its value, as that value was estima ted at the time of his grant. On failure of such proof, the land will be forfeited to the crown. 16. in the redemption of his quitrent, the grantee will have credit for one-fifth pert of the sums which he may have saved to his Majesty's Government by the employ ment and maintenance of convicts ; and for the purpose of making this allowance, it will be calculated that the. Go vernment h as eared 104 for each convict employed by the grantee, and wholly maintained at his expense, on his land, for one whole year. In the case of such grantees as may not have an oppOrtunity of obtaining convicts, and thereby reducing the amount of their quit -rent in the manner laid down in this clause, every such grantee, upon showing an expenditure of capital upon his laud to the amount of five times the estimated value of that land at the time of its being granted to him, will be entitled, at the expiration of Seven years from the time of suchgrant, to claim a reduction of one-half of his annual quit-rent, whether for the purpose olannual payment or redemption. 17.. No additional grant of land will be mede to any person who haa not proved, as last mentioned, the tweet eery expenditure of capit a l on th e l an d s a l ready granted to him, and that be has sufficient capital in hand to enable him to cultivate to advantage the additional grant for Which be applies.. 18. Pentns receiving a second grant' of land, without . ptirehasit, will become liable to pay a quit rent upon the lands comprised in such second grant, immediately from the date of it; hut any grantee, who can sh o w an expen diture of capital upon Ins first grant, to the amount of five times the estimated value of that grant at the time of its being Made to hiM, will be entitled to a further grant, at the rate of two and a half per cent, on the estimated valiie of such grant, on proving that he has, sufficient capital still in hand to cultivate to advantage the additional' grant. 19. The same regulatioii will apply to purchasers of land who may make application for a second purchase, and who can show that they have laid out capital upon auch land, to five times the amount of its value. Iwaileh a case, half the estimated value of the new land will he re mitted. 20. Persons desirous to receive grants of land, without purchase, on terms different from thOse above stated, Inuit lay before the Secretary of State a full explanation, in writing, of the circumstances which they may conceive to exempt them from the fair operation of these general rules. Colonial Office, Downing -street, April, 1826. } rz dayy i F i g:h! w t a e r s t 4 , - v l e l O ry t ' eF generally te i t ' u rrh t f p a t, Y e tui r u N i a n :t egA o re E e r eta e :r ie : n i alA t; t li : : : her : o l e l s h ioc bl e ,v h . tea — : nr:tb t u iil h rs . s O in : t 4: 4 l : ib t oti r ee t til t ' a w :t t l e it r icil i so t w i w r a l: p s ;t i o til e r t a r te f eee f i e d ;: l y P ab il f i t u ' t all b t wed'n two or three yards behind. The ONO* n up at the inn, and remained theta till the storm abated , Tile passengers were very much alarm e d, and it is a providential cir cumstance that they eaciped without further injury. A singular circumstance recently occurred at Alt bury near Congleton. Some geese were feeding ni) polite the. Tithe Barn in that village, and a sparrow waa their companion : suddenly a hawk pounced upon the crawler. flew to his rescue, unsusvecting sparrow P wanhdo w v : tt tl h t is hr l a ie s a b d ing lt the hawk Prnstr o te' A mall sparrow and, the and the bird nfry nas •A id it to his native hedge, , • tienial).—Dorset Aronicte. t neighbouring gen ha wk ; h t o h e l it h .t a le rt t % vai t t o te ( r )k o 1 1 :„ 1 . 1 , : s s h r ; s t . i t i tt„,r t ,4 l , : c e i nr.,.80y Bis t iov,z,otne time atter Louis XIV. Mi t t collated the r rehebrated llossue~t to the Bishopric of Meaux, he eked the c,iti eras have they like. ur Majesty, we like him idl y we n " Pretty , well, why, what fault have pretty find' w i t h hi m ?" To tell . your Majesty the it y lra o ud u th finwishe el y d u h u i l s d ,ed h u tsv cat e porenf;erforecrililiittelvtiteigvera eve wait u ;17 .1 him, we are told he is at his studies."